I've finally checked in the latest version of the client and server, and you can now generate characters.
To show those who want to see what it's like currently, I'll show the different stages to creating a character. (Eventually this may be a full screen app, but for now it is in a windows form application)
When you launch the 0.1.7 client you will get the following splash screen:
While this is showing the client is having a chat with the server to make sure everything is OK to continue. If your client is out of date you will be asked to update to the latest version. If your client is up to date, then you will see the following logon screen:
If you do not already have an account then you can click the register button and fill in the following form:
Once you have either created your account or logged in to an existing account, you will see the following screen:
If you have already created characters, you can see them listed on the left. You can right click them and select delete from the menu to delete an existing character.
To create a new character, click the new character button at the top of the window and you will see this box:
Here you type in your characters name. It needs to be unique but for the moment can be almost anything. Once you have clicked Start and the name is OK, you will see the following window to select your race:
Once you have selected a Race from the drop down list, you will see the following (In this instance I selected Dwarf)
After this I chose Male and selected on of the character portraits:
Then I click next to select my guild:
For this character I selected the Fighters Guild which made me a "Cadet" in that guild. I then click next to finish my character:
On this screen I click Roll until I am happy with my stats, the Race modifications and the Minimum Class requirements are taken into account when you roll your stats. This screen also shows your starting items and skills you acquired from your class.
When I click finish, the character is added to my character list.
This is all that happens so far. I'll next start working on some more admin tools to create dungeons etc.
Please try this out and see If you can break the character generator, I'll fix things as I go along.
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